Topic: Dividend Stocks

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $91 – Toronto symbol TD

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $91 (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 917.6 million; Market cap: $83.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) has agreed to pay $52.5 million U.S. to settle charges that it failed to report suspicious transactions related to a fraudulent investment scheme in Florida. Separately, the bank is appealing a court ruling that it pay $67 million U.S. related to this case.

These amounts are small next to the $1.6 billion (Canadian), or $1.65 a share, that TD earned in the quarter ended July 31, 2013. Still, settling these charges cuts TD’s risk, especially in light of tighter enforcement from U.S. securities regulators.

TD Bank is a buy.

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